Oceanic language spoken in New Guinea
Not to be confused with Bam language (disambiguation).
Biem, or Bam, is an Oceanic language of northeast New Guinea, spoken on Bam, Blup Blup, Kadovar, and Vial (also known as Wei) islands (eastern four of the Schouten Islands) off the coast of Wewak.[2]
References
- ^ Biem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). “Papua New Guinea languages”. Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
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